State universities have become the favorite of companies recruiting new hires because their big student populations and focus on teaching practical skills gives the companies more bang for their recruiting buck.
Under pressure to cut costs and streamline their hiring efforts, recruiting managers find it’s more efficient to focus on fewer large schools and forge deeper relationships with them, according to a Wall Street Journal survey of top corporate recruiters whose companies last year hired 43,000 new graduates. Big state schools Pennsylvania State University, Texas A&M University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were the top three picks among recruiters surveyed.
Recruiters say graduates of top public universities are often among the most prepared and well-rounded academically, and companies have found they fit well into their corporate cultures and over time have the best track record in their firms.
Read it all from the B section of today’s Wall Street Journal.
Whoop!
Whoop indeed!
And it gets better for the Aggies:
http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2010/08/15/victory-at-last-you-learn-more-away-from-harvard-but/
I experienced the best of both worlds — I graduated from Penn State and Trinity School for Ministry. Can’t be beat!